Click above to watch the show from Elizabeth Park from 2016.
Night Fall features music, dance, theater, spoken word, costume and lead artist Anne Cubberly's signature giant puppets. Cubberly, along with community leaders Steve Mitchell and LB Muñoz, hires some of the region's most talented and active artists, performers and technical specialists for the core of this professional production. This year's Night Fall is Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Bushnell Park in Hartford.
Come early for extra Night Fall Fun! Grounds open at 2 pm in the field adjacent to the performance area. Shop with the Market vendors, make Art, enjoy Side Shows, and purchase food from various local Food Trucks. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on for the performance, which starts promptly at 6 pm.
In the weeks leading up to Night Fall, free art workshops will be held across the city of Hartford. Night Fall artists work with residents in their neighborhoods to design and create lanterns that are the centerpiece of the performance. Hartford communities are a featured part of Night Fall. Night Fall honors the diversity of Hartford residents young and old by fostering relationships through creative and expressive sharing and learning. Night Fall highlights the wealth of artistic talent in the Greater Hartford region by collaborating with local artists, performers and craftspeople.
In the idyllic setting of Bushnell Park and autumnal surroundings, Night Fall probes the mysteries of seasonal transition and change. The evening's climax, a final ritual procession of lanterns, symbolizes an ending of the fall season and a welcoming to the winter season soon to come. In this way, Night Fall is a festival of theater, pageantry, movement and music as well as a uniquely Hartford celebration of nature, our shared history and most importantly, our community. Watch: 2012 Elizabeth Park, 2013 Pope Park, 2014 Colt Park, and 2015 Elizabeth Park.
Your support in making this project a reality is greatly appreciated. Every Night Fall backer will be lovingly thanked on our web site. We also value your encouragement and cheers, your Facebook posts and tweets.
Blanket Seating for Night Fall goes on
sale at the Pond House fundraser
July 25th! Be there to get your blanket!
You know you want one!
Thank you for your support!
You can email to buy or be notified at
Available the day of the show at Elizabeth Park, or order now.
Night Fall is made possible
by our supporters!
Generous support from:
Vermont Community Foundation and the West End Civic Association
Media sponsors:
In-Kind support from:
Connecticut Audio & Theatrical Supply, Euphoria Events, The Dirt Salon,
Robert O’Connor, Alpha Graphics, The Metropolitan District, Blue Earth Compost, Bill Morgan Media, Pond House Cafe, Hartford Business Improvement District, Imposters Impersonating History.
We are deeply grateful for the generosity of:
John and Suzanne Bourdeaux, Lynn Ferrari, Barnaby Horton,
Marjorie Morrissey, Thomas Pascouche, Greg & Janet Sinnott,
Sheelah Sinnott, Bank of America, Freed Marcroft LLC
Ellen Robinson and Jim Condren, Lynne Cubberly, Thomas Foran, Tracy & John Gale, Marcy & Luis Mejia, Josh Michtom, Richard Stillson, Trinity College
Allen Ambrose, Roger Anderson, Robert Bale, Kathleen O’Leary & Jim Bannister, David & Jill Ba rrett, Joe & Carole Bascetta, Cathy Bates, Susan Bigelow, James & Fredricka Bookwalter, Katie Bradley, Sara Bronin, Ted & Jane Carroll, Tracey W Carter, Linda Chase Wayman, Ellen N. Clarke, Jonathan Cohen, Len Comeau, Audrey Conrad, Erin and Julio Conception, Chris Corcoran, Jennifer Crookes Carpenter & Terry Lavin, Ellen Curry, Kate Czlapinski & Kevin McKernan, Rita Decker, Karl Fisher, Neal Fisher & Susan Grant, Doris Gale, Carol Gale & Debra Horn, Steve Goodwin & Emily Gianquinto, Frank Gordon-Quiroga, Jeanne Grandy, E Paul Grimmeisen, Ruth Grobe, Liz & Rich Gruber, Parri Hockenberry, Richard L. Hughes III, Helen Hughlett, Valerie Jasinski, David & Janice Klein, Anthony A. Koos, Andrea Livingstone, Jacques Lamarre, Andrea Livingstone, Lauren Maggio, Jackie Mandyck, Will McNair, Linda and Robert McNair, Sue Maresca & Jeremy Wiseman, Ken Morgan, Marcey & Roberto Muñoz, Courtney & Michael Muñoz, Ryan O’Halloran, Paul O’Mara, Open Hearth, Linda Pendergast, Popcorn Movie Poster Co., Jane Rainwater, Ellen Robinson & James Condren, Jennifer Sager, Heather Scerra & Thomas Oakes, Constanza Segovia, Susan Simonds, Michelle Sinnott, Paul Spirito & Sarah Poriss, Anne Stanback, Bill Stapleton, Donna Stout, Doris Sugarman, Tainted, Inc., Clark Taylor, Catherine Vallone, Sally Weisman, Diane Whitney and more
And our talented crafters, sewers, lantern builders & volunteers!
Media – for additional materials and information about Night Fall or Anne Cubberly please contact Taryn Bunger at 315/534-9205, or email
Puppet Sculptor Anne Cubberly Creates A Magical World
Artist Anne Cubberly Named One of Hartford Magazine's Players: Best of Hartford Winners 2013
Night Fall will be at Bushell Park this year!
Night Fall encourages you to bike to the park and park your bike with our Bike Valet! The valet is free of charge. Your bike will be under the watchful eyes of our volunteers throughout the performance. Bicycles only please, see
And if you want to really be up close and personal, consider supporting Night Fall by reserving a blanket.
Past performances have been standing room only, so we encourage you to arrive early. Bring a picnic supper or purchase a snack from one of the food trucks parked nearby. But please help keep Elizabeth Park beautiful by taking your trash with you when you leave.
A new schedule of events for this years Night Fall will be posted soon, check back and join the fun.
Help us invite people to Night Fall!
Wear some wings or help with a puppet and let's acquaint our community with the magic of Night Fall.
We need volunteers for these events.
July 21, 8 pm, Movies in the Park, Mortenson River Park
August 1, 4-8pm, Sarah J. Rawson School, Community Event
August 18, 7:15pm, Movies in the Park, Keney Park
August 20, 7 pm, Movies in the Park , Colt Park
August 25, 7pm, Movies in the Park , Bushnell Park
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